May 13, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A few telecom buyouts later ...
• April’s median home sales prices down in Bend, flat in Redmond
• 7 arrested at Portland graduation party
• Bend soldier killed in Iraq
• Beverage distributor sells off businesses
• Canyonville runaway found in San Francisco
• COCC student earns Planned Parenthood volunteer award
• Controlled burns planned for today
• Correction
• Deschutes’ new income source?
• Elk ranchers won’t have to double-fence
• Gunfire leads to man’s arrest in Prineville
• In Portland, McCain outlines conservation policy
• Klamath Falls campus plans to go to all geothermal power
• La Pine man identified after weekend crash
• 3 more wire-theft suspects arrested
• Motor vehicles may be limited to designated roads and trails in area forests
• New Crater Lake superintendent fulfills his boyhood dream
• New financing secured for Bend subdivision in default
• News of record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police log, Bend fire runs, pets
• Pickup carrying 7 crashes in Ashland
• Pioneers group in Jefferson to disband
• Police arrest youth in Prineville home invasion
• Police investigate death of inmate
• Promised raises for state workers may pinch budgets
• School reading program could be altered
• Spring weather: Do you dig it?
• The long wait for work
• Tigard middle school warns parents about energy drinks

BUSINESS

• A familiar name expands its brand
• A few telecom buyouts later ...
• Adobe retouches its flagship photo software for the Web
• Apple: iPhone sold out online in U.S. and U.K.
• April’s median home sales prices down in Bend, flat in Redmond
• Beverage distributor sells off businesses
• Business Calendar
• Cablevision acquires Newsday for $650M
• Clear Channel, banks in settlement talks
• Elk ranchers won’t have to double-fence
• Europe may lift ban on U.S. poultry imports
• Explore the virtual universe, in vivid 3-D
• HP in talks to acquire technology services company
• In lean times, shoppers see extra cost in food bill
• Intel reshaping Vietnam with new chip plant
• New financing secured for Bend subdivision in default
• News of record: Deeds
• Oregon’s jobless rate 5.5% in April
• Relief may be at hand for tallest travelers
• Smoothie chain to Starbucks: Thanks for the competition
• Sprint Nextel reports a first-quarter loss
• Stocks up as oil dips
• The long wait for work
• Treasury bill rates rise
• Wachovia’s securities unit gets subpoenaed

SPORTS

• A mountain bike built for two
• Australian Open runner-up rallies for win
• Bend girls build big lead at 5A tourney
• Bend roller hockey team takes first place
• Cavs top Celtics, even series at 2-2
• Community Sports Calendar
• Community Sports Scoreboard
• Crook County parents raise concerns about resignations of district coaches
• Cyclists to remember the fallen, injured
• Lower Columbia steelhead fishing delayed to protect chinook salmon
• Mariners fall in wild extra-innings game
• Mountain biking
• NBA Playoffs Scoreboard
• On the Air
• OSU baseball falls at home
• Perch crowd trout at Phillips Reservoir
• Pond Skimming event slated for Bachelor
• Prep Scoreboard
• Racewalkers earn top spots at 20K nationals
• Redmond youth baseball on a roll
• Running races abound in C.O.
• Sisters leads 4A girls state golf tourney
• Summit softball earns spot in playoffs
• Tae kwon do competition on tap
• Wings take 3-0 lead in West

OBITS

• Aletha Lenore Ball
• Chester ‘Gump’ Matthew Matwich
• Civita Mary Simeone
• Jannell Marie Wilson
• Jerry Lee Nill Sr.
• Recording engineer Larry Levine brought ‘Wall of Sound’ to life
• Roy Stanley Holte

NATION & WORLD

• Appeals court hears challenge to New Mexico uranium mine
• Bob Barr to run for president
• Conflicts halt appeal in apartheid case
• Democratic race may be in its last laps, but Clinton is still running hard
• In a first for the nation, Bass takes over Assembly
• In Iraq, main Shiite factions seal a deal
• Lake Tahoe’s clarity showing improvement, scientists say
• New Seattle system will track officers
• Pakistani party leaves cabinet over justices
• Pope John Paul II shot in 1981
• Powerful quake kills thousands in China
• President of Bolivia supports recall election
• Putin bolsters power with cabinet choices
• Rocket fired in Gaza kills woman in Israel
• Vancouver officials to discuss waterfront

FEATURES

• A familiar name expands its brand
• A penne-sational dish
• A quiche with no crust is a creation of heaven
• At Home With ... Deschutes County Sheriff Larry Blanton
• Bend doctor to discuss problems of uninsured
• Biscuit recipes
• COCC student earns Planned Parenthood volunteer award
• Enough salad for everyone
• Find great food wherever you travel
• For many with asthma, inhaler switch is likely to be a tricky one
• From scratch
• Making healthy soups at home will reduce sodium and calories
• Pioneers group in Jefferson to disband
• Plant your berries now
• Recipe Finder
• Relief may be at hand for tallest travelers
• Spring weather: Do you dig it?
• Take it easy when grilling chicken
• Working with sandy, dry soil in sun

ENTERTAINMENT

• Biologist names spider after Neil Young
• Book revives painful memories for Simon
• Calendar
• David Byrne to make music with NYC building
• Find great food wherever you travel
• Free forum to teach seniors how to protect their investments
• Let’s say you want to date a hog farmer
• McCartney granted divorce decree
• Our healing landscape
• Pond Skimming event slated for Bachelor
• TV viewership still down after strike

OPINION

• Clinton for president
• Committee hasn’t lost way
• Curths for commissioner
• Expand healthy forest act
• Israel at 60: birthday greetings and one discordant voice
• States should not drive energy policy
• Vote for Duncan

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Motor vehicles may be limited to designated roads and trails in area forests